Archive for July, 2010

IMAX Grows in Profits and Agreements

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

IMAX Corporation, which has announced deals for 89 IMAX systems year-to-date, (compared to 35 for all of 2009), announced that for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, IMAX DMR gross box office worldwide was approximately $115.0 million – an approximate 37% increase over last year’s second quarter). For the six months ended June 30, […]

Sportech-Viva Partnership Promotes Bell At Festivals

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Sportech and Viva Group, both of Boisbriand, Quebec, have partnered in the deployment of technologies and programming management of the visual media Bell is using at both the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal and the Festival d’été de Québec in Quebec City. Installed throughout the sites, Info-Jazz Bell and Info-Festival Bell interactive booths offer […]

Diversinet Appoints Mark Trigsted

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Diversinet Corp., Toronto, has appointed veteran healthcare IT executive Mark Trigsted to the new position of executive vice president, healthcare, with responsibilities for global business development and sales. Trigsted, formerly vice-president and general manager at McKesson Corp., will lead expansion of Diversinet’s partner network and customer base in the rapidly growing market for mobile healthcare […]

Petsky Prunier Deal Notes

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Investment Banker Petsky Prunier’s Deal Notes are always well worth a read. They describe this quarter (2Q10) as ‘quiet’ for the sector ‘Out-of-Home & Specialty Media’ (as they describe it) and detail six transactions totaling approximately USD 108 million having been announced. They go on to say that “Compared to the previous quarter, deal volume […]

UK DOOH Set To Grow 20%

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

For the full year 2010, Screen Digest reports that it expects digital out-of-home in the UK to grow by 20%. Looking further ahead it says that “the London Olympics in 2012 should herald a surge in demand and we expect to see further investment in digital displays by the major players to capitalise on being […]

Southend Seafront Gets A 25sqm LED

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Easyscreen TV, who describe themselves as the operator of Essex’s largest giant outdoor LED screen is set to see their first fixed large LED screen go live on the Southend Seafront mid August.

He’s Back And Blogging

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Looks like Bill Yackey is back. In a note entitled ‘I am now blogging with Digital Signage Today’ released on LinkedIn he says… I wanted to let you know that I have agreed to do some blogging on the side for Digital Signage Today, meaning that I will technically be back in the industry. This […]

#dse2011 – European Technology Showcase Area

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

#dse2011 in Las Vegas next February is aiming to have a ‘European Technology Showcase Area’. One would guess that like, say the ‘French Pavilion’ at the recent in-store show, this is a specific area for smaller technology companies that want to exhibit.

Going Kommando In Shanghai

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Experiential and consumer engagement agency Kommando were selected by the Scottish Government to help showcase Scotland at this year’s World Expo in Shanghai. Mandarin and Scottish speaking Kommando brand ambassadors promoted Scotland to Expo Visitors as a great place to live, work, visit and do business. The work actually coincided with (Scottish) First Minister Alex […]

Apple Store at the Opera Paris, France

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Apple finally opened its second retail store in Paris, France on Saturday July 3rd. I wasn’t there myself, being en route to Germany to watch the local team squish Argentina in the quarter final. But Steve Jobs’ team was out so he was able to make it, dressed in his trademark black polo shirt. There […]